Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering
Course code: 0548 ~ Course abbreviation: BCom/BE ~ Total points required: 240 ~ 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time
Study mode and course location
On-campus (Clayton)
Course description
This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (in the relevant specialisation) degrees.
This double-degree course is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social, organisational and managerial aspects of the engineering profession.
Course objectives
Refer to the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering single degree entries
Course structure
The course structure has three main components: a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce; a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics. All units taken as part of this major must be from your campus of enrolment; a prescribed major in the Faculty of Engineering selected from chemical, civil, electrical and computer systems, industrial engineering and engineering management, materials or mechanical engineering.
Course requirements
The degree requires completion of 240 credit points over a maximum of 10 years as follows:
(a) students must complete 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:
(i) completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):
(ii) completion of at least two units (12 points) from the following:
- AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
- ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
- ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
- MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies
(iii) a major of eight units (48 points)
- the major must come from the approved list of majors
- at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels
(iv) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units
Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:
- a maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points)
- a minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program
- in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units.
(b) students must complete between 144 and 156 points from the Faculty of Engineering as follows:
(i) first year - for all engineering branches of study, students complete six units (36 points) of engineering:
Completion of two compulsory core units (12 points):
three or four electives units (18 - 24 points) from:
none, one or two (depending on VCE subjects completed) transition units (0 - 12 points) from:
(ii) Students are required to complete one of the engineering branches listed below. (102 - 120 points).
Units required for specified majors
Majors offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics
Specified Majors
Accounting
(a) the following five units:
- AFC1021/1022 Accounting principles
- AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
- AFC2120 Financial accounting
- AFC2131 Cost information for decision making
- AFC3120 Advanced financial accounting
(b) three units from the following list :
- AFC2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
- AFC3131 Performance measurement and control
- AFC3141 Strategic management accounting
- AFC3160 Auditing and assurance
- AFC3220 Comparative international financial reporting
- AFC3230 Financial analysis and valuation
- BTC2210 Australian company law
- BTC3150 Taxation law
Asian development and transition
(a) four units from the following list:
(b) four units from the following list or units from (a) not previously completed:
- AFC3220 Comparative international financial reporting
- AFC3240 International finance or AFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
- BTC2190 International trade law
- ECC2810 Globalisation and economic systems
- ECC3570 The international economy since 1945
- ECC3670 Economics of developing countries
- MGC2120 Managing international business
- MGC3120 International management
- MGC3430 International human resource management
- MKC3220 International marketing
Competition, regulation and public policy
Eight units from the following list:
- BTC2210 Australian company law
- BTC3130 Stock exchange and derivatives law
- BTC3300/MKC3300 Marketing law
- ECC2360 Environmental economics
- ECC2450 Sports economics
- ECC2700 Economic issues in health and health care
- ECC2830 Economics of industry and competition
- ECC2840 Australian economic institutions and policy
- ECC3810 Public finance
- ECC3830 Competition and regulation
- MGC2320 Business and government
- MGC3310 Governments, markets and globalisation
- MGX3100 Management ethics and corporate governance
Finance
(a) the following three units
(b) two units from the following list:
- AFC2240 Equities and investment analysis
- AFC2340 Debt markets and fixed income securities
- AFC3170 Management of financial intermediaries
- AFC3230 Financial analysis and valuation
- AFC3240 International finance or AFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
- AFC3340 Options, financial futures and other derivatives
- AFC3440 Pension and financial planning
- AFC3540 Modelling in finance
- AFX3355 Property investment
(c) three units from the following list or units from (b) not previously completed:
Human resource management
(a) six units from the following list:
- MGC1010 Introduction to management
- MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies
- MGC2230 Organisational behaviour
- MGC2410 Industrial relations or MGC2420 Employee relations
- MGC2430 Human resource management
- MGC3420 Human resource development or MGC3430 International human resource management
(b) two units from the following list or units from (a) not previously completed:
Information, strategy and decision making
(a) the following six units
- AFC3131 Performance measurement and control
- BTC3150 Taxation law
- ECC2400 Current issues in applied microeconomics
- ETC2480 Business modelling methods
- MGC3110 Strategic management
- MKC2130 Marketing decision systems
(b) two units from the following list:
- AFC2131 Cost information for decision making
- AFC2851Accounting information systems and financial modelling
- AFC3140 Advanced business finance
- AFC3340 Options, financial futures and other derivatives
- ECC2830 Economics of industry and competition
- ETC2450 Applied business and economic forecasting
- ETC2470 Applied business modelling
- ETC3490 Business simulation
- MGC2110 Principles of strategic management
- MKC3120 Marketing implementation
- MKC3130 Strategic issues in marketing
International commerce
Eight units from the following list:
- AFC3160 Auditing and assurance
- AFC3220 Comparative international financial reporting
- AFC3240 International finance or AFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
- BTC2190 International trade law
- BTC3450 International taxation
- ECC2300 Current issues in macroeconomic policy
- ECC2810 Globalisation and economic systems
- ECC3570 The international economy since 1945
- ECC3690 International economics
- ETC2410/ETC3440 Introductory econometrics
- MGC2120 Managing international business
- MGC2130 Asian management
- MGC3120 International management
- MGC3310 Governments, markets and globalisation
- MGC3430 International human resource management
- MKC3220 International marketing
Labour and employment
(a) the following two units
(b) six units from the following list:
Generic Majors
Accounting and finance
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance, Clayton campus (AFC or Clayton-based AFX units).
Business law and taxation
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation, Clayton campus (BTC or Clayton-based BTX units).
Economics
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the Department of Economics, Clayton campus (ECC or Clayton-based ECX units).
Econometrics and business statistics
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Clayton campus (ETC or Clayton-based ETX units).
Management
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the Department of Management, Clayton campus (MGC or Clayton-based MGX units).
Marketing
Students need to complete a minimum of eight units offered by the offered by the Department of Marketing, Clayton campus (MKC or Clayton-based MKX units).
Branches offered by the Faculty of Engineering
Chemical engineering (120 points)
Second year (24 points)
- CHE2162 Material and energy balances
- CHE2163 Heat and mass transfer
- CHE2164 Engineering thermodynamics
- ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
Third year (18 points)
- CHE2161 Fluid mechanics
- CHM2735 Chemistry - principles and practice
- ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
Fourth year (36 points)
Fifth year (42 points)
- CHE4161 Engineering in society
- CHE4162 Particle technology
- CHE4163 Transport phenomena and numerical methods
- CHE4170 Design project (12 points)
- CHE4180 Chemical engineering project (12 points)
Civil engineering (108 points)
This is a new course structure for students entering second year of the program from 2006 onwards. Students who entered second year of the program prior to 2006 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.
Second year (24 points)
- CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
- CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry structures
- CIV2242 Introductory geoengineering
- ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
Third year (24 points)
- CIV2207 Computing and water systems modelling
- CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
- CIV2263 Water systems
- CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering
Fourth year (36 points)
- CIV3221 Building structures and technology
- CIV3222 Bridge design and assessment
- CIV3247 Geoengineering
- CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental geoengineering
- CIV3264 Urban water and wastewater systems
- CIV3283 Road engineering
Fifth year (24 points)
- CIV4210 Project A
- CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4 and 12 points of electives from the following:
- CIV3203 Civil engineering construction
- CIV4211 Project B (enrolment in this unit is by departmental approval only)
- CIV4234 Advanced structural analysis
- CIV4235 Advanced structural design
- CIV4248 Ground hazards and environmental geotechnics
- CIV4249 Foundation engineering
- CIV4261 Integrated urban water management
- CIV4268 Water resources management
- CIV4283 Transport planning
- CIV4284 Transport systems
Electrical and computer systems engineering (120 points)
Students should also note that considering the high computing content in the engineering programs, the commerce unit AFC2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling may not be taken by BCom/BE students in this branch of engineering.
Second year (24 points)
Third year (24 points)
Fourth year (36 points)
- ECE3073 Computer systems
- ECE3091 Engineering design
- ECE3092 Systems engineering and reliability analysis
- ECE3093 Optimisation estimation and numerical methods
- electives totalling 12-points selected from the electrical and computer systems engineering elective units coded ECEXXXX
Fifth year (36 points)
- ECE3031 Control
- ECE4094 Project A
- ECE4095 Project B
- electives totalling 18 points selected from the electrical and computer systems engineering elective units coded ECEXXXX
Industrial engineering and engineering management (102 points)
Intake into level 2 of this branch ceased at the end of 2006.
Second year (12 points)
- ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
- IND2400 Industrial engineering
Third year (18 points)
Fourth year (36 points)
Fifth year (36 points)
- IND3317 Design III
- IND3321 Engineering computations
- IND4309 Engineering project: project thesis A
- IND4310 Engineering project: project thesis B
- 12 points of electives selected from level 4 industrial engineering and engineering management units not otherwise taken.
Materials engineering (114 points)
Second year (24 points)
Third year (18 points)
- MTE2542 Microstructural development
- MTE2546 Mechanics of materials
- MTE2547 Structure-property relationships in materials
Fourth year (42 points)
- MTE3541 Materials durability
- MTE3542 Microstructural design in structural materials
- MTE3543 Microstructure to applications: the mechanics of materials
- MTE3544 Management and practice in materials engineering
- MTE3545 Functional materials and devices
- MTE3546 Engineering materials II
- MTE3547 Materials characterisation and modelling
Fifth year (30 points)
- MTE4525 Materials engineering project I
- MTE4526 Materials engineering project II
- MTE4571 Materials engineering design and practice
- MTE4572 Polymer/composite processing and engineering
- MTE4573 Processing and engineering of metals and ceramics
Mechanical engineering (108 points)
Second year (24 points)
Third year (30 points)
Fourth year (42 points)
Fifth year (18 points)
- MEC4401 Project 1
- MEC4402 Project 2
- one 6 point final-year elective from the published list
Note that the units ENG4614/4616 (Schools technology project) may not be taken.
Mechatronics engineering (114 points)
This branch ceased intake into second year at the end of 2005. Students seeking to combine commerce with mechatronics engineering should consider applying for a course transfer into the new Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering double-degree program (see below).
Second year (24 points)
Third year (30 points)
Fourth year (30 points)
Fifth year (30 points)
Professional recognition
This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:
- Australian Computer Society
- Australian Institute of Management
- Australian Marketing Institute
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission
- Financial Services Institute of Australasia
- CPA Australia
- Financial Product Adviser
- Tax Agents' Board
- The institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and the correct choice of units.
Contact details
Telephone +61 3 9905 2327, fax +61 3 9905 5499, email enquiries.clayton@buseco.monash.edu.au, or visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au
Course coordinator
Dr Ross Booth
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